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Kenn Nesbitt's hilarious poetry is adored by kids who flock to his website - poetry4kids.com - the most visited children's poetry website in the world. Kids just can't get enough of the great beats, wonderful imagery, and good ol' belly laughs his poetry contains.

My Hippo Has the Hiccups is the must-own poetry book of the year from one of the most sought-after school performers in North America. This collection of over one hundred of Kenn's newest and best-loved poems is exclusively available in this revolutionary book-with-CD package. The dynamic CD brings the poems to life with Kenn reading his own poetry, cracking a joke or two, and even telling stories about how the poems came to be.

Meet the misbehaving robots, not-so-smart dogs, and angry vegetables who feature in Kenn Nesbitt's hilarious collection of clever wordplay that is sure to keep kids laughing and loving poetry all year long.

What Others are Saying

Kenn Nesbitt's new book is a perpetual scream machine, an 800-hoarse power, turbo-verb joyride, that runs on puns, and a bottomless tank of laughing gas, all the while doing wheelies along your funny bone.
--J. Patrick Lewis, author of Birds on a Wire

Wonderfully clever word play! My Hippo Has the Hiccups is a treasure trove of fun from a very punny guy.
--Charles Ghigna author of SCORE! 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire

Mix the poetic DNA of Silverstein and Prelutsky, and you have Kenn Nesbitt!

Children will love Kenn's cautionary tales featuring Wally Wards the Sword Swallower and Peter Prim the Fire-Eater, but teachers will cherish their copies of MY HIPPO HAS THE HICCUPS, too: a whole lesson in wordplay can be built around mixed-up Anna Graham who "says calm instead of clam," while Izzy O'Rainty, prince of the double-negative, will have children clamoring for grammar!
--Janet Wong author of Behind the Wheel

Whether you're looking for a chortle, a chuckle, or a belly laugh, grab this book and let Kenn's wackiness carry you away.
--Paul B. Janeczko author of Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices